October starts the harvest season, and farmers are beginning to harvest their crops from the fields. We wanted to remind everyone that this is time of year, where grain haulers will be on county roads moving. Please watch out for these trailers and their slow moving-signs. Click on the icon to be taken to a website for other fall safety issues.

It is also domestic violence awareness month. Our officers see evidence of this crime every day and encourage victims to seek help. Click on the icon to be taken to crossroad crisis website for further information.

We have been made aware of a threatening Facebook post that is being shared on both Facebook and Snapchat this evening. We are sharing information with the Allen County Sheriff's Office and other local agencies about the content of this post. We appreciate any information people can give about the source of this post.

We will be releasing our second newsletter tomorrow. It covers personnel changes, general personnel information, and operational statistics from July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. The newsletter will be available as a hard copy in our lobby and attached as a downloadable PDF on our website www.acso-oh.us

LIMA — Allen County Sheriff Matt Treglia has named Tom Ahl as the 2018 recipient of the Sheriff’s Civilian Commendation. Ahl was selected by the department’s awards committee from a group of civilians to be recognized this year based on his “years of community service that has included an un...